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1 TERM 4 Tuesday October 07, 2014 Newsletter No: 22 ST GABRIEL S PARISH PRIMARY SCHOOL 237 SPRING ST, RESERVOIR Website: Ph: Fax: Address: principal@sgreservoir.catholic.edu.au Dear families, Welcome back for the final term of I hope we all have an enjoyable and productive 11 weeks together especially our Yr. Six students who move into secondary school next term! Like most of us I found getting back to work a bit of a drag but was soon cheered up when I met up with other staff and students yesterday morning. October: The Month of the Rosary (Prayed 10 minutes before home-time in the Assembly Room) Please join us as we pray a decade of the Rosary before the end of the school day. The Rosary assists us to pray and reflects upon Our Lady in the life of Jesus. St Gabriel s School Summer Uniform: Students asked to be in Summer Uniform by Monday November 3 rd. Children are able to wear winter or summer uniform during October. Black School shoes are worn all year!!! School Closure: St Gabriel s School will be closed on Friday November 07. All staff will be attending the third day of their Professional Development in Unpacking the Australian Curriculum-General Capabilities presented by Catholic Education Office Melbourne at the Treacy Centre, Parkville. St Gabriel s Great Washing Afternoon: This Thursday, October 9. Please read the information on p.2 re the Peggingout of the family tea-towels, sausage sizzle and staff vs students netball match!! Growing Together in Life & Love Evening for Parents: Next Monday, October pm 8.30pm The media, who loves your child the least, tells them the most about growing up, puberty and the teenage years while you who love your child the most may often tell them the least!?!? Please consider joining us next Monday. Read the information p. 2 and return the slip if you wish to attend. Best wishes, Brian Booley (Principal) Important Dates: Term October Thursday 09 St Gabriel s Great Washing Afternoon. (See following note-just below) Monday 13 Growing Together in Life & Love Evening for Parents 7.00pm 8.30pm Tuesday 21 Visit by the Emirates Melbourne Cup 2014 (Wow!!!) 9.00am Friday 24 St Gabriel s Halloween Disco St Gabriel s Hall 7.00pm 9.00pm November Tuesday 04 Melbourne Cup Holiday Friday 07 School Closure: All staff attending Professional Development re the Australian Curriculum Thursday 13 Prep 2015 Orientation for Preps and Prep Parents 9.30am 11.00am Thursdays 20 and 27 Prep Orientation: Prep Students only 9.30am 10.30am Saturday 29 St Gabriel s Election Day Fete More News to follow December Friday 12 St Gabriel s Community Christmas Carols Tuesday 16 End of School Year Thanksgiving & Graduation Mass 9.00am Yr. Six Graduation Assembly & Celebration 7.00pm Thursday 18 School Year 2014 closes at 1.00pm 1.00pm 1

2 St Gabriel s Great Washing Afternoon Thursday October 9 th 2014 Just a reminder: Completed tea towels & pegs along with the fabric markers should be returned to school tomorrow, Wednesday October 8 th. We hope you enjoyed working on your tea towels during the school holidays. After school this Thursday October 9 th all families are invited to participate in the St Gabriel s Great Washing Afternoon! Clothes lines will be strung up around the poles in the bottom yard and all families can peg their tea towels on the line. Format for St Gabriel s Great Washing Afternoon Thurs Oct 9 th 3:30pm End of School day 3:45 5pm Pegging out the tea towels! Sausage sizzle Students and Staff Annual Netball Game 5pm Finish Growing Together in Life and Love Program and Open Doors Counselling and Educational Services STAY CONNECTED During Term 4 students from Prep to Year 6 will be involved in the Growing Together in Life and Love Program. Last term a letter was sent home to all families inviting parents to a Parent Education Seminar on Monday October 13 th 2014 in the Assembly Area from 7pm 8:30pm. The letter explained a great deal of information from the Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Melbourne and Open Doors Counselling and Educational Services regarding the importance of parents being the first educators of their children. It has been said that the media, who loves your child the least, tells them the most about growing up, puberty and the teenage years while you who love your child the most may often tell them the least! How do you respond when your child asks a question about these topics? Do you worry about the teen years ahead? Do you sometimes feel you have no voice when it comes to sharing your values about appropriate behaviour and expectations? Please complete the reply slip to let us know if you will be attending. Please note that due to the nature of the discussion on this evening this is a Parent only seminar. PLEASE FILL OUT THE REPLY SLIP, DETACH AND RETURN TO SCHOOL BY: Thursday October 9 th 2014 Stay Connected Parent Only Education Seminar. Please note that due to the nature of the discussion this is a Parent only seminar Date: Monday October 13 th 2014 Family Name: Time: 7pm 8:30pm Venue: Assembly Area Number attending: Attending: Please circle Yes No 2

3 Italian News! St Gabriel s Language Stars! Ciao a tutti, Welcome back to another eventful and exciting term! The Dante Alighieri awards night was held on Friday 12 th September at Melbourne University. Congratulations to all year 6 students! The following students received the following certificate; This year all Year 6 students made it through to different categories! Finalists: Lilliane Abi-Haila Ayden Carpenter Julia Di Pasquale Tianna El-Sheikh Caitlan Huynh Lucas Imbert-Moussa Mercy Johnson Andy Pham Holly Wilson Avijot Singh High Distinction: Mikaela Talarico Zarah Thompson Rithu Arun Brian Banh Robert Bosevski Honourable Mentions: Rory Toronis Benjamin Economedes Congratulations to all the students for their outstanding work! Auguri!!!!! Happy Term 4! Grazie e ciao Signorina Paglianiti Our Year 6 Language Stars St. Gabriel s Tuesday Play Group: - Parents & Friends // Playgroup Room For babies and pre-school children and their Mums and Dads, Every Tuesday between 9.00am and 11.00am in Student Welfare Centre Enter through single gate beside vegetable garden Cost is $1 per child per week. Bring fruit or snack. An opportunity to make new friends, share experiences and faith. Activities, Toys & Refreshments are provided, but your creativity and ideas are vital! Further Information: Lisa Please enter School via gate on Viola Street 3

4 PARENTS AND FRIENDS NEWS: SCHOOL DISCO: Halloween Get your dancing shoes ready the next disco will be held Friday 24 th October in the school hall. Stay tuned for further details. ST GABRIEL S ELECTION DAY FETE In conjunction with the State Election, we will be having a fete on Saturday 29 th November. Market stalls, rides and food. To register your interest to have your own market stall, please contact Dominique Commisso on or stgabrielsprimary@outlook.com For the St Gabriel s community a standard market stall costs $20. For everyone else the cost is $30. SECOND HAND SCHOOL UNIFORMS Any second-hand, unwanted uniforms can now be donated in a box next to the Lost Property Box. Uniforms must be the current blue school uniform and in good condition. The P&F Committee will organise a day where second-hand uniforms are available for all parents to purchase at discounted prices, later in the term. P&F COMMITTEE MEETING New Members always welcome The next P&F Committee Meeting will take place this Wednesday 8 th October, 9am in the P&F/Playgroup room. Come along and help us organise a busy and exciting term 4. Annie Come along to St Gabriel s Hall and join the St Gabriel s Parish Theatre Group 6:30pm to 9:00pm each Sunday Performances are staged 3 rd week of November EVERYONE WHO COMES ALONG IS GUARANTEED A PLACE IN THE PRODUCTION FAMILY GROUPS ARE WELCOME Keep enjoying the performing Arts Join the cast of Annie the Musical 4

5 ST MONICA S COLLEGE EPPING Golden Jubilee Community Day Sunday 26 October, am pm 400 Dalton Road, Epping Everyone welcome Come along and bring your family and friends and enjoy a day of fun filled activities, rides, music, food, stalls, art exhibition, students fashion parade and much, much more. This is a wonderful opportunity to see St Monica s College grounds and some of our world class facilities close up. Come and join in St Monica s 50th year celebrations! Staff on Professional Learning this week Katrina Powell and Amanda Smith will be attending a Professional Development session on Thursday 9th October. The topic is 'Community Classrooms: Engaging families in learning at home and school'. The purpose of this activity is to develop ideas in order to improve family engagement in children's learning at St Gabriel's and to workshop ideas about how we can make this easier for families. ICY-POLE SALES BEGIN NEXT WEEK AVAILABLE AT THE 1.45pm LUNCH BREAK 50c ONLY (collected by class teacher before 9.00am) The Time Machine Concert DVD A DVD of our 2014 Concert is now available for you to order. The video is of the Evening Performance and can be purchased for just $2. Video of the Matinee Performance and photos taken backstage and during the performances are also available for those who may be interested but only on USB Flash drive. If you would like these please send $10 to cover the cost of the 8gb USB Flash Drive. Name: Class: Enclosed $2 for DVD of Concert Enclosed $10 for USB Flash drive Matinee & Photos Total: Circle your order and write total 5